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back to touching Nina in my dreams. I knew so much about her…. But had only shared brief caresses since awaking in reality. God, this was so messed up. 
    “I’ve called our two sets of parents. They came over when the crash first happened. But they couldn’t stay away from work any longer.” She smiled. “They’re ecstatic to hear you’ve woken up. They wanted to come and see you, but I said we’d catch up when we go home. Hope that’s okay?”
    That was more than okay. It wasn’t easy having divorced parents who hated each other, not to mention working such high-powered jobs as airport CEO and aeronautical lawyer. When I was younger, I hated their work stole so much time, but at the same time, they were the ones who stopped me from getting a criminal record for Charlotte’s death. Which I still didn’t deserve. I needed to pay for my sins and they swept it under the runway, never to be mentioned again.
    “I’m glad you kept them in the loop. Thanks, Tree.”
    Joslyn sighed, watching me with compassion. “Is it true? What Nina told me? That you can’t remember how to fly?”
    I groaned at the sharp pain in my head. My brain injury taking that exact moment to remind me I had yet to investigate what lurked beneath my bandage. As much as I wanted to deny it—scream that it wasn’t true—I nodded. “Yes.”
    “Liam, I’m so sorry.” She rested her head on my shoulder. “You can overcome this. Sometimes memories come back. If they don’t, you can study again. I’m sure you won’t have to sit all the exams. You’ll remember parts of it.”
    “Even with an eighty percent chance I won’t?” I squeezed my eyes closed.
    “You’ve never let life get you down before. Don’t start now.”
    I knew she referenced Charlotte, and the guilt came for never telling her the full truth. I nudged her shoulder. “I know once I stop feeling sorry for myself, I can relearn. But that’s not all I’m struggling with.”’
    “Is it your feelings for Nina? The doctor told me. She tried to make me understand while you were asleep. She badgered me to tell her about your medical history, see if there was anything in our family that would explain your synchronized brain waves.”
    I didn’t think there was anything in my family’s history to make me fall in love and create a dream-world with Nina. My affection for her found a way to bring us closer, even when our bodies were incapacitated. And that’s what made it so hard. I’d fought so much to win her, to be worthy.
    “It feels as if everything I do, everything I want, is jerked out of my grasp at the last minute. My life is jinxed, almost as if I don’t deserve it.” Because I was the imbecile who, in a roundabout way, killed his sister. Perhaps I deserved my fate. It was my karma to think life was giving me a break, when it was just teasing me. “I’m cursed.”
    Her eyes narrowed. “Don’t say things like that. You’re not cursed.” We sat in silence for a moment while Joslyn curbed her outburst. Finally, she sighed. “Did something happen in your coma with Nina? What would make you say a thing like that?”
    I changed the subject. “You were there, too, you know? Just as annoying. Just as meddling.”
    “Really? Cool. I remember having a vivid dream about sunbaking with Nina and talking about her falling in love with you, but not much else. I guess I wasn’t out of it as much as you guys.”
    My heart jerked, recalling how Nina panicked on the beach, just before we traded paradise for hell. I’d terrified her by moving too fast. Just the thought of flying side by side in Tahiti, living in some open air pavilion, and eating fruit and fresh seafood gave me more chills than Christmas morning as a child. I wanted it so bad. And she wanted to go slow. Now it didn’t matter. My dreams were shattered.
    Sucking in a breath, I whispered, “I was going to quit Kiwi Air. I was going to start my own company and move to French Polynesia.”
    Joslyn jolted.